Convert inches to span - Conversion of Measurement Units ›› More information from the unit converter How many inches in 1 span? The answer is 9. We assume you are converting between inch and span. You can view more details on each measurement unit: The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 39.3700787402 inches, or 4.37445319335 span. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between inches and span. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units! ›› Want other units? You can do the reverse unit conversion from span to inches , or enter any two units below: Enter two units to convert From: I'm feeling lucky, show me some random units . ›› Definition: Inch An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot.

The inch is usually the universal unit of measurement in the United States, and is widely used in the United Kingdom, and Canada, despite the introduction of metric to the latter two in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively. The inch is still commonly used informally, although somewhat less, in other Commonwealth nations such as Australia; an example being the long standing tradition of measuring the height of newborn children in inches rather than centimetres. The international inch is defined to be equal to 25.4 millimeters. ›› Metric conversions and more ConvertUnits.com provides an online conversion calculator for all types of measurement units. You can find metric conversion tables for SI units, as well as English units, currency, and other data. Type in unit symbols, abbreviations, or full names for units of length, area, mass, pressure, and other types. Examples include mm, inch, 100 kg, US fluid ounce, 6'3", 10 stone 4, cubic cm, metres squared, grams, moles, feet per second, and many more!

Span Conversion Chart - Historical Length Units Converter, Biblical Span Conversion Chart Historical Length Units Conversion , Biblical This conversion page features historical units (ancient, medieval, etc.) that are mostly no longer in use. If you are looking for units of length that are used today, including many national units of various countries, please switch to our main length conversion page . Conversion settings: This converter is very easy. Really. 1 This is a conversion chart for span (Biblical). To switch the unit simply find the one you want on the page and click it. Enter the value you want to convert (span). Then click the Convert Me button. Your value gets instantly converted to all other units on the page. 3 Now find the unit you want and get the conversion result next to it. It's your answer. Type your span value below. Touch "Convert Me" button. » Metric We only include several basic units here for you to convert historical units to contemporary ones. A more comprehensive list of metric units is available on the main length conversion page. » Ancient Egypt It might be hard to imagine, but these units dates back to 3100 BC. Egyptian people used them 5000 years ago.

These units are distant ancestors of US customary units used today. » Ancient Roman Roman length units were very well defined. The value of the base unit pes (foot) was discovered by John Greaves in 1639 after he made a lot of measurements in the ruins of Rome. Since then we know that the value of one pes was between 0.967 and 0.986 English feet. An accepted modern value is 296 mm. For most Roman units below we give an English equivalent in parentheses. » Old Portuguese These units were used in Portugal, Brazil and other countries of the Portuguese Empire until the adoption of the metric system in 19th century. » The American System of Measures (US Customary Units) We only include several basic units here for you to convert historical units to contemporary ones. A more comprehensive list of U.S. units is available on the main length conversion page. » Ancient Greek The values of Greek units varied according to location and epoch. Relative proportions though were generally the same. Greek measures were in general derived from measurement system of Ancient Egypt. » Old Spanish In various provinces of Spain diferent variations of units were used. The conversions below use Castilian system.

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In fact it's even older. We launched the first version of our online units converter in 1995. There was no JavaScript there and all conversions had to be done on server. The service was slow. A year later the technology allowed us to create an instant units conversion service that became the prototype of what you see now. To conserve space on the page some units block may display collapsed. Tap any unit block header to expand/collapse it. Does the page look too crowded with so many units? You can hide the blocks you don't need by clicking on the block headline. Try it. Clicking again will expand the block. Our goal is to make units conversion as easy as possible. Got ideas how to make it better? Let us know . [x] [TMP] "Goliath: How Many Inches In A 'Cubit'? And A 'Span'?" Topic John the OFM 07 Feb 2007 7:26 a.m. PST Save yourself the mental agita, and get Castaway Art's "David and Goliath" set. Goliath is REALLY big. I haven't gotten around to painting him yet, (sorry Gerry!), but he is really nice.

He looks like a 54mm figure, but I never measured him. A cubit was normally the distance from your elbow on the table to extended middle inger. A span was thumb to pinkie finger, fully extended. So, 18" and 6", based on King Argle-Bargle-Ax of the Nematodes. "Scholars" whose theories blow up in their faces sometimes try to cover themselves with statements like "the shorter Macedonian cubit", but pay them no attention. In the opinion of This Learned Biblical Scholar, "six cubits and a span" is Hebrew for "He was ing big, Man!" Cacique Caribe 07 Feb 2007 7:30 a.m. PST Ok, so assuming the average man back then was about 5'6" (66 inches – just as an example), and I represented it as a 28mm figure, how tall should Goliath's 9'6" (114 inches)figure be? About 42% taller, or about 40mm? If so, does anyone make 40mm Philistines?

CC 07 Feb 2007 7:31 a.m. PST Thanks, John. John the OFM 07 Feb 2007 7:47 a.m. PST When I get around to them, my Philistines will be Ral Partha for the regular spearmen. I really stocked up on them at the conventions when I could get them for $.50 USD each from Iron wind Metals. The rest of the infantry are Foundry Canaanite horde and Castaway Arts. Chariots are RP and CA. Anyone who thinks there is a difference between "Ancient Hebrew", Israelite, Philistine, "Hyksos", "Arab" or Canaanite dress is really fooling themselves, in my humble opinion. Throw in a few Assyrian auxiliaries while you are at it, especially the Eureka 2-horse chariot. The RP Biblicals are not as tiny as RP historicals usually are, BTW. They are fully compatible with Foundry. 07 Feb 2007 8:08 a.m. PST The recent idea is that Goliath was around 6'10".

07 Feb 2007 8:11 a.m. PST Trivia! A cubit is still remembered in medical terminology to this day. When someone draws blood or starts an IV in your arm they use the AC in your arm. That stands for antecubital fossa or, the depression in your arm just before the cubit. In medical descriptions the heart is the center of the body so everything is described "from" there. And now you know and knowing is half the battle GI JOE!! 07 Feb 2007 8:16 a.m. PST Hat's off to the OFM, what a laudable scheme! Those RP Philistines are superior sculpts. Cacique Caribe 07 Feb 2007 8:17 a.m. PST "Anyone who thinks there is a difference between "Ancient Hebrew", Israelite, Philistine, "Hyksos", "Arab" or Canaanite dress is really fooling themselves, in my humble opinion." I agree.

It would be very difficult for them to have avoided the fashions of nearby nations, particularly at the time of Saul's reign (c1100-1000 BCE), when the Philistines were still inforce and there were still Canaanite enclaves within Israelite territory (Beth-shan and Jebusite Jerusalem, for example). Interesting list of references to Philistines here: rddfxx 07 Feb 2007 8:17 a.m. PST BTW, does anyone else think the Castaway Goliath bears a striking resemblence to "V" in "V for Vendetta"? Ogdenlulimus 07 Feb 2007 8:39 a.m. PST Try Irregular Miniature for the 40mm . They have a fairly extensive line. You could also look at Redoubt , as many of their pieces come in at 38-40mm . Personally, I'm with John. The RalPartha sculpts fit in with Foundry and are superior work.

I've set aside a RAFM piece (must be some giant); it's 54mm and has the fringed skirt, scale corset, multi-bossed shield and conical helmet that matches my "movie" remembrances of Goliath. 07 Feb 2007 8:51 a.m. PST Cacique – we've had quite a few purchases for the guy on the left as a Goliath. Graven Images 40mm Bronze Age Champion 07 Feb 2007 11:03 a.m. PST If he was that handicapped, any normal swordsman or spearman could sneak up on him as well. If he were that handicapped, he would never have been a Champion, like he was depicted. Could Woody Allen sneak up on Shaquille O'Neill? No, I still think it was just something on the order of "My God, he must be ten feet tall!" That would have been the impression of runty little hillmen encountering a man 6'10" or 7'2" tall. Jovian1 07 Feb 2007 11:25 a.m.

PST He could have been like Andre the Giant – literally HUGE – and while it may have been possible to sneak up on him – would you want to knowing that being that close could get you killed? If you use the smalled cubit at 14.5 inches – it still makes him nearly 8 feet – which is more probable and still F#^)*@# huge! If he had any mass to his height – 350+ pounds – he would be a champion because no one would want to try to fight him unless they had to fight. Still – the OFM's comments on the proper figures is spot on! lugal hdan 07 Feb 2007 11:25 a.m. PST Unfortunately the length of a cubit had varied greatly across the millennia, both in size and even definition. Wikipedia has a good article on it, showing the cubit varying from around 16 to 24 inches. 07 Feb 2007 12:01 p.m. PST Well, the google calculator knows Just put 07 Feb 2007 1:23 p.m.

PST If only the Google Calculator had a time period and civilization setting . :-) But hey, if it's good enough for Google, it's good enough for me. DS6151 07 Feb 2007 1:27 p.m. PST "If Goliath was as tall as the Bible claims then he would probably have been suffering from the growth condition, pituitary Gigantism, Which is possible, but only makes sense if he was a mutant individual. He wasn't, as it's clearly stated that Goliath came from a group that were all gigantic. He was simply the best of the lot. A whole population suffering from a exceedingly rare condition is unlikely at best. Besides, it won't be long before others reach that height. Already there are numberous people 7+ feet tall. Apparently the chinese are growing rapidly taller because of nutrition. GarnhamGhast 07 Feb 2007 3:01 p.m. PST I always thought he was, like, thirty feet tall. With one eye. Or have I been lied to by my Biblical comics and cartoons? The same ones that had David as a ten year old on crutches?

07 Feb 2007 3:16 p.m. PST I guess that you are all just polite fundamentalists, and ignoring my revisionist hand-waving. 07 Feb 2007 4:01 p.m. PST >I always thought he was, like, >thirty feet tall. With one eye. That was Polyphemus. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphemus Jeff Boz 07 Feb 2007 7:59 p.m. PST MHQ Magazine did an article on slingers in general and this subject in particualr. Goliath didn't have a chace. Give any skilled slinger (what else would a shephard do? Like old west cowboys playing the harmonica and practice their six-guns, David played the harp and practised his slings) a one on one fight vs. a swordsman and the latter doesn't stand a chance. Like brining a knife to a gun fight. John's arguement makes sense also. 07 Feb 2007 10:32 p.m. PST A shield makes all the difference.

AcrylicNick 08 Feb 2007 4:16 a.m. PST In a paper submitted to London's Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, Berginer, a professor at Israel's Ben-Gurion University, argues that Goliath may have suffered from a pituitary condition known as acromegaly. And this diagnosis is based on what? This is junk science. Will natural scientists ever learn that ancient literary texts are not lab reports? 08 Feb 2007 4:24 a.m. PST Iron Ivan Keith wrote: 08 Feb 2007 5:24 a.m. PST " I guess that you are all just polite fundamentalists, and ignoring my revisionist hand-waving " Evangelical Presbyterian not fundamentalist; not ignoring you, allowing you your freedom of speech; Goliath's height is pretty non-essential in a religious/salvation sense (IMO, YMMV) and only is the back door way to scale based prejudice. <tongue in cheek on that last part.> Pick a height that looks good to you and buy a figure that matches your expectations.

Someone complains, use the Smite button. Gracias, colin knight 08 Feb 2007 4:26 p.m. PST OFM I would disagree with all those peoples looking the same. Early Hebrews of course would be like Cannanites or Amorites. Later though I think they would have been more like the King David movie as would their neighbours with Syrian influence. The Philistines would be like Sea Peoples in reed helmets but adapted to local arms and equipment through time. So I suppose the Cannanite allies used with Philistines could also represent the changing Philistines themselves. So mabey we agree then? colin knight 10 Feb 2007 1:33 a.m. PST I too have Castway Arts Goliath but unpainted ( sorry also Gerry). He is perfect for the job and will replace my Irregular 40mm Philistine as he looks much better. I suppose we will never know how big Goliath was but I like the idea of him being very big. 10 Feb 2007 4:14 a.m.

PST I'm surprised nobody has advanced the theory that Goliath simply had very short arms. You may think this a silly suggestion and claim that all humans follow a close proportion, but I have niniatures which prove it ain't so. Luke Mulder 19 Feb 2007 10:06 a.m. PST I always thought a cubit was originally from the elbow to the tips of the fingers. This does average to 18" for most people, I would think. For me, it's a ltiile over 19", but that is close enough for rough measurements. ninomio100 22 Aug 2012 8:45 p.m. PST Generally accepted Euclidean geometry has shown that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is 3.14159 no matter how large or small the circle is. That ratio has been given the notation "pi" from the Greek alphabet. Throughout history there have been efforts to prove and even legislate the value of "pi" to a simpler number, one of which is the whole number 3.

In the 2nd Book of Chronicles, Chapter 4, an altar is stated to have been built in the shape of a "perfectly" round saucer containing a sea to these dimensions: 10 cubits across with a brim the size of 1 handbreadth and a circumference of 30 cubits. The Bible at first appears to substantiate the belief that the value of "pi" must indeed be 3, that being the ratio of the 30 cubit dimension to the 10 cubit dimension. But these two positions are impossible? Here is my answer to the seeming dilemma. Visualize the altar as two concentric circles, one of which is the outside of the brim and the other the outside of the sea and the inside of the brim. The diameter of the outside of the brim is the 10 cubits given in the Scriptures. The 30 cubits is the circumference of the sea. Therefore the outside circumference of the brim must be 31.4 cubits and the outside diameter of the sea must be 9.5 cubits. This makes the brim .25 cubits thick and a handbreadth therefore .25 cubits.

If my handbreadth is typical measuring 4.5 inches overall in width, it follows that one cubit would be about 18 inches. Which solves the dilemma, makes God, Euclid and Luke Mulder all close enough for government work and shows that religion and science can be in harmony. 23 Aug 2012 4:12 a.m. PST Numbers mentioned in the bible should never be taken seriously just visiting 23 Aug 2012 5:38 a.m. PST "Let's see, I used to know what a cubit is Well never mind that Noah. When you get that done, go out into the world and gather all the animals by twos, male and female (two mosquitos, male and female), and put them, into, the Ark" . 23 Aug 2012 5:40 a.m. PST I love thread necromancy on TMP . 23 Aug 2012 5:09 p.m. PST Goliath presumably stood six cubits and a span.

I remember seeing a documentary pointing out that there was an old manuscript of the old testament that had a different (smaller) number of cubits for the height of Goliath. The 30 cubit circumference of the 'sea' could be explained by the sea not being a hemisphere but a smaller section of a sphere. Druzhina 24 Aug 2012 2:05 a.m. PST Numbers mentioned in the bible should never be taken seriously And why would you say such a thing? Upon what argument would you base such a position? Simply because there are many numbers mentioned that just don't make sense and are simply impossible. The age of some people ? But I will not discuss this topic further since discussing religion is not the aim of this thread. 24 Aug 2012 2:19 a.m. PST Here is my 0.02 cents. Goliath was a big, tall guy. He probably pranced about with a big plumed helmet and a whopping big shield and some massive spear that made him look ten times more impressive. He lived in a warm climate and probably took off most of the fancy gear to fight more effectively with a sensible, but deadly weapon.

His size, strength and reach would have made him a formidable opponent. It's possible that David figured out he was tired after smashing several skulls in the hot sun and using his sling kept well out of reach and wore him down, causing a number of serious injuries and maybe a fatal one. Once Goliath was sufficiently worn down it was easy for him to move in for a killing blow and chop his head off. The tale grows in the telling etc No need for some weird medical condition or advanced ballistics to determine that David may have come up with a new aerodynamic shaped bullet that was 30% more lethal or any other such nonsense ! 26 Aug 2012 9:29 p.m. PST Right! What's a wargaming cubit? CooperSteveOnTheLaptop 28 Aug 2012 2:12 a.m. PST Goliath's equipment was supposed to have been stored at the tabernacle. Presumably later generations had access to his gigantic equipment. You get this impression from the very precise description of weights, for example. The OT giants are supposed to be a race of giants, not people with disorders.

Don't think anyone with acromegaly would be going into battle, certainly not as a 'champion' Knight Templar 28 Aug 2012 8:43 a.m. PST David later visited the priests and got Goliath's sword off them. A short sword for a Giant would be a hand and a half sword for a normal man. So David perhaps had a unique weapon as he was hiding out in the hills from king Saul . CooperSteveOnTheLaptop 29 Aug 2012 12:47 a.m. PST The Hebrew of the Bible describes Goliath's sword as a 'khopesh' – so the quite bad 1985 KING DAVID film gets that right.

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Consider the length of a standard piece of paper (eight and a half inches by eleven inches). How many handbreadths long is this sheet of paper? __________ Is the length of my life (all of my days put together) very long (see Psalm 39:5)? ______ Life is very short! Span This was the width from the end of the thumb to that of the little finger, when these are extended, which for an adult is about nine inches. See Exodus 28:16 (the breastplate of the priest). The width of a standard piece of paper should be about a half inch less than one span. Cubit This was the length of the arm from the point of the elbow to the end of the middle finger, which for an adult is about 18 inches (1ï¿½ feet). Measure one of your classmates and see how many cubits tall he (or she) is. How many spans make up one cubit? ________ It is interesting that one span equals half a cubit! How tall was Goliath the giant (1 Samuel 17:4)? ___________________________________________ How big was the bed described in Deuteronomy 3:11?

_________________________________ How Do You Measure Up? Suppose the basketball coach were to say, "Only those who are five feet and ten inches or taller can be on the team." Would you measure up or would you come short? Would you be able to be on the team? Or a teacher might say, "Only those who have a 90 average or higher can get an A in this class!" Not all the students would measure up to this high standard and requirement! God has a very high requirement when it comes to entering heaven. God says, "Only those who are as righteous as My Son, Jesus Christ, may enter My holy heaven!" How many of us are righteous (Romans 3:10)? _______ Do you measure up to Gods righteous requirement or do you come short (Romans 3:23)? ___________________ How can any of us enter into Gods holy heaven? God has made a way for us to be just as righteous as His Son: "For He hath made Him (Jesus Christ) to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the _____________________ of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21).

In ourselves we are sinful and unrighteous and we would never measure up, but IN CHRIST we are perfectly righteous and God sees us as perfectly righteous! Are you IN CHRIST and saved or are you OUTSIDE OF CHRIST and unsaved (see 2 Corinthians 5:17)? Measurements of Distance We usually measure distance in terms of miles. In Bible times this was done differently. Here are some examples: Furlong (Greek-stadion) This was a distance of about 600 feet (less than one eighth of a mile). How far was Emmaus from Jerusalem (Luke 24:13 and remember that a "score" equals twenty)? _____________________ About how far had the disciples rowed (John 6:19)? _________________ Mile (Greek-milion) Those living in New Testament times also measured distance by using the "mile" but this mile was 1618 yards (eight furlongs) which is a little less than our American mile (1760 yards). See Matthew 5:41.

A Days Journey This was the distance a person could normally travel in one day, ordinarily 20 to 30 miles, but when traveling in a large company (with women and children), only ten miles. See Exodus 3:18. How far did Joseph and Mary travel before they realized that Jesus was missing (Luke 2:44)? _____________ How Can You Get To God? You might be separated from your grandparents or other relatives by a great distance. Perhaps they live on the other side of the United States which means that thousands of miles might separate you from them! How can you get to them? You must get in a car, bus, train or plane and travel that great distance. Because of sin, man is separated from God: SINFUL HOLY GOD How can man get to God? There is no plane or rocket ship that will get him there! How can man and God be brought together? The Bible says that God is "not _______ from every one of us" (Acts 17:27). God is present everywhere, but how can sinful man get to God?

Radio and television waves are always present in a room, but if you do not have a radio or television, you cannot pick these waves up. The radio or television must be plugged in and rightly connected in order to get the sound or the picture. God is not far from any of us, but the problem is that most people are not connected to God in the right way. There is only one way to get to God: "Jesus saith unto him, I am the ________, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but (except) by _______" (John 14:6). Only through the Saviour, Jesus Christ, can man be connected to God in the right way! Measurements Of Capacity Dry Measures In America we use bushels, pecks, quarts and pints for dry measures. Here are some of the measures that were used in Bible times: Handful This was the natural capacity of the human hand (as when someone passes you a large bag of popcorn and tells you to take a handful!). See Leviticus 2:2. Omer An omer was equivalent to 5.1 pints.

How much manna did God provide for each man daily (Exodus 16:16)? _________________ Homer Originally this term signified an ass load (the amount a donkey could carry), which would be less than eight bushels. About how many bushels of quail did the Israelites gather who gathered the least (Numbers 11:32)? _____________________ Liquid Measures In America we use gallons, quarts and pints for liquid measures. Here are some of the measures that were used in Bible times: Firkin (Greek-Metretes) This was about nine gallons (perhaps slightly less). About how many gallons did each waterpot contain in John 2:6? _______________ Bath This was the largest liquid measure used by the Jews in the Old Testament. It was approximately the amount of water carried in a jar from the well by the daughters in a household (see Gen. 24:15). Its capacity was about six gallons. How much water filled the "sea" (huge vessel or basin) which Solomon built for the temple (1 Kings 7:26)? _________________________ Hin A hin was 1/6 of a Bath, approximately a gallon.

How much water was the prophet Ezekiel told to drink (Ezekiel 4:11)? __________________________ One-sixth of an hin was not very much water. It was approximately one pint of water (one pint=two cups). Log This was less than one half of a pint (see Leviticus 14:10 -- "a log of oil") How Much Do You Contain? Do you contain anything valuable? Your body has about ten pints of blood, 200 bones, 600 muscles and much more! But do you contain anything else? If we are really saved, then the Bible says, "__________ dwelleth in us" (1 John 4:12). Every believer contains the living God! He fills us with Himself! This is amazing when we remember that even the great temple which Solomon built and even the UNIVERSE cannot contain such a big and such a great God (see 2 Chronicles 6:18)! And yet God is willing to put Himself within every believer and make our heart His home! How much of God do you contain? Does each believer have just a little piece of God?

No, we are not filled with a little part, we are filled with "all the _______________ of God" (Ephesians 3:19). We do not have a small part of God; we have ALL OF GOD! Within every believer there is a great treasure (2 Corinthians 4:7) -- the living God Himself! If the President were going to stay in your house for a week, would that change the way you live? Would you want to be on your best behavior? Would you want him to see you fighting with your brothers and sisters? Would you want to respect your honored guest and please him in every way? God is the honored Guest who has come to live in the heart of every believer! If we really believe this, then this should make a big difference in the way we live (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Measurements Of Weight When we measure weight, we usually talk about ounces or pounds or tons. The Jews in Old Testament times would talk of shekels and talents: Shekel The weight of a shekel varied, but it was usually from one third to one half of an ounce.

For example, one shekel of silver would be a piece of silver which weighed about 1/3 or 1/2 ounce. According to 2 Chronicles 1:17, how much was an Egyptian Chariot sold for? __________________________________ Talent This was the largest weight among the Hebrews. One talent was about 3000 shekels (about 90 pounds). As we can see from 2 Kings 5:23, a talent was the full weight that an able man could carry. Read 1 Kings 10:10; if one talent is the full weight that one man could carry, how many men would be needed to carry all of this gold to King Solomon? _______________ In Revelation 16:21, what weighed one talent? _______________ Would you want to be hit by one of these ice bombs? _______ How Much Do Gods Commandments Weigh? Some people think that Gods commandments are too heavy and too burdensome. They say, "If I do what God tells me to do, Ill be a miserable person! What God expects me to do is too much! Its too heavy!

Its too much for me to bear!" This is not true at all. The Bible says the opposite: "His commandments are not _____________________ (heavy, burdensome)" (1 John 5:3). Jesus said, "My burden is _______________ " (Matthew 11:30). God has given us His commands, not to crush us, but to bless us: "And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes...for our ____________ always" (Deuteronomy 6:24). The people who are really miserable are the ones who disobey Gods commands! It is SIN that puts a heavy load on people. We sing the song, "Once my heart was heavy with a load of sin; Jesus took the load and gave me peace within! Now Im happy and heres the reason why: Jesus took my burden all away!" Measurements Of Value (Money) We know what nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars are, but let us look at some of the coins mentioned in the Bible: Farthing (Greek-kodrantes) This was the smallest Roman coin in use, equal in value to 1/64 of a denarius.

A denarius was the average wage that a worker would receive for a days work. Suppose a man earned $128.00 for a days work. What would be the value of a farthing? _______________ Mite (Greek-lepta) This was the smallest Jewish coin in use and it was only worth half of a farthing (Mark 12:42). How many mites did the poor widow woman have (Mark 12:42)? ______ Was Jesus pleased with her offering? ______ Why? Penny (Greek-denarion) This was the denarius (a Roman silver coin), which was the ordinary pay or wages for a days labor (see Matthew 20:2,4,7, etc.). In John 12:5 this valuable ointment was worth 300 pence or denarii, which would be the average wage for 300 days of labor (almost what an average worker would earn in one year). How Valuable Are You? There may be some people who do not think you are worth very much at all.

You might have classmates at school who treat you in the wrong way as if you were worth nothing! People may consider you to be of no value at all. Read Matthew 10:29-31. According to these verses, you are very valuable to _________________________ Usually if we make something, it has value to us. When a girl makes a beautiful sweater or when a boy builds a wooden sailboat, the person does not throw these things away as if they are worth nothing. They are valuable because the boy or girl has made them. It is also true that if you buy something, it has a certain amount of value to you. If you buy a new bicycle, you would not take it to the dump and consider it of no value. It is valuable to you because you bought it and purchased it. If it had not been valuable to you and worth something to you, then you would not have bought it. Has God made you (John 1:3)? ______ Has God bought you with a great price (1 Corinthians 6:20)? ______ Are you valuable to God? __________ Am I valuable? God has made a way for me to be just as righteous as His Son! Am I valuable?

God has made a way for me (a sinful person) to get to Himself (a holy God)! Am I valuable? God Himself has come to live and dwell in my heart! Am I valuable? God has given me His Word and His Commands for MY GOOD ALWAYS!

Question: How many inches are there in a 'Span'?
Answer: NINE